Brassinosteroids. Chemistry, Bioactivity, and Applications

Content: U.S. Department of Agriculture brassins project, 1970-1980 / G.L. Steffens --
Brassinosteroids in leaves of Distylium racemosum Sieb. et Zucc. : the beginning of brassinosteroid research in Japan / Hiroshi Abe and Shingo Marumo --
Natural occurrences of brassinosteroids / Seong-Ki Kim --
Synthesis of brassinolide / T.C. McMorris, J.R. Donaubauer, M.H. Silveira, and T.F. Molinski --
Synthesis and some practical aspects of brassinosteroids / V.A. Khripach, V.N. Zhabinskii, and R.P. Litvinovskaya --
Types of brassinosteroids and their bioassays / L. Kohout, M. Strnad, and M. Kaminek --
Aspects of synthesis and bioactivity of brassinosteroids / Günter Adam, V. Marquardt, H.M. Vorbrodt, C. Hörhold, W. Andreas, and J. Gartz --
Metabolism and biosynthesis of brassinosteroids / Takao Yokota, Y. Ogino, H. Suzuki, N. Takahashi, Hiroshi Saimoto, Shozo Fujioka, and Akira Sakurai --
Production of brassinosteroids in plant-cell cultures / Akira Sakurai, Shozo Fujioka, and Hiroshi Saimoto --
Microanalysis of naturally occurring brassinosteroids / Suguru Takatsuto --
Molecular analysis of brassinolide action in plant growth and development / S.D. Clouse and D. Zurek --
Effect of brassinosteroids on protein synthesis and plant-cell ultrastructure under stress conditions / O.N. Kulaeva, E.A. Burkhanova, A.B. Fedina, V.A. Khokhlova, G.A. Bokebayeva, H.M. Vorbrodt, and Günter Adam --
The case for brassinosteroids as endogenous plant hormones / Jenneth M. Sasse --
Brassinosteroid-induced changes of plasmalemma energization and transport and of assimilate uptake by plant tissues / I. Dahse, U. Petzold, C.M. Willmer, and E. Grimm --
Brassinosteroids specifically inhibit growth of tobacco tumor cells / Thomas J. Bach, Petra S. Roth, and Malcolm J. Thompson --
Stimulation of growth induced by brassinosteroid and conditioning factors in plant-cell cultures / Daniela Bellincampi and Giorgio Morpurgo --
Rice-lamina inclination, endogenous levels in plant tissues and accumulation during pollen development of brassinosteroids / Hiroshi Abe --
Influence of brassinosteroids on organ relations and enzyme activities of sugar-beet plants / Günther Schilling, Christiane Schiller, and Steffan Otto --
Effects of brassinolide on growth and chilling resistance of maize seedlings / Ruo-yun He, Guan-jie Wang, and Xue-shu Wang --
Brassinosteroids and root development / J.G. Roddick and M. Guan --
Physiological modes of brassinolide action in cucumber hypocotyl growth / Masayuki Katsumi --
Brassinolide-induced elongation / Jenneth M. Sasse --
Antiecdysteroid effects of brassinosteroids in insects / Klaus Richter and Jan Koolman --
Application of 24-epibrassinolide in agriculture / Nobuo Ikekawa and Yu-Ju Zhao --
Capability for and problems of practical uses of brassinosteroids / Yasuo Kamuro and Suguru Takatsuto --
Effects of brassinolide on conditioning and germination of witchweed (Striga asiatica) seeds / Y. Takeuchi, A.D. Worsham, and A.E. Awad --
Growth-regulating action of brassinolide in rice plants / S. Fujii, K. Hirai, and H. Saka --
Effect of brassinolide on levels of indoleacetic acid and abscisic acid in squash hypocotyls : possible application for preventing fruit abortion / S. Kuraishi, N. Sakurai, J.-S. Eun, and K. Sugiyama --
Brassinosteroids : U.S. Department of Agriculture contributions and Environmental Protection Agency registration requirements / N. Bhushan Mandava --
Brassinosteroids through the looking glass : an appraisal / Horace G. Cutler.